Accattone
| Accattone | |
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| Directed by | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
| Written by | Pier Paolo Pasolini |
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| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli |
| Edited by | Nino Baragli |
| Music by | Johann Sebastian Bach |
Production company | Arco Film |
| Distributed by | Titanus |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Accattone ([akkatˈto:ne], lit. "vagabond", "scrounger") is a 1961 Italian drama film written and directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was Pasolini's first film as a director and premiered at the Venice Film Festival. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."